Côte d’Ivoire: Ex-Credit Suisse chief Tidjane Thiam enters presidential race

Former international banker and Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam has officially declared his candidacy for Côte d’Ivoire’s upcoming presidential election, marking a dramatic return to national politics after more than two decades abroad. The 62-year-old former elite banker was confirmed as the presidential candidate for the opposition Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI), winning 99.5% […]

More & more voices decry appalling situation in Tindouf camps

Experts, journalists and civil society activists continue to decry the appalling situation of the population sequestered in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps in Algeria.   On Saturday, it was from Dakhla that Spanish political expert Pedro Ignacio Altamirano called for “the urgent opening of a humanitarian corridor” in order to allow the populations in captivity in […]

U.S takes stock of political situation in Senegal in phone conversation

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held a phone conversation with Senegal’s leader Macky Sall to discuss the political situation in the West African country after several days of unrest that ensued the condemnation of political figure Ousmane Sonko. The conversation, Senegal’s State-run news agency APS notes, took place Wednesday. Senegal was rocked by […]